From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match31 Oct 2026
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ashanti Gold have 10 straight wins of it.
Match31 Oct 2026
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 92th minute. Wa All Stars will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The match ball belongs to Timothy Zechariah, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match2 Nov 2026
27 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Olufemi Kayode and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Marked 9.80 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match31 Oct 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Timothy Zechariah. 3‑2 against Wa All Stars, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Isaac Hemans beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A season average of 7.31 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Triumph
Match24 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Ashanti Gold right now
9 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Richard Boadu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match24 Oct 2026
Another one collected away from home
4 on the bounce on the road for Ashanti Gold. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Edwin Gyimah falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad26 Oct 2026
9 goals and a season average of 7.34. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Samuel Tetteh. 1‑0 against Berekum Chelsea, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Baba Mensah, and the manager let it.
In brief
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The dugout
Godwin Dede dropped after a run of poor form
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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The dugout
Emmanuel Ntim has become a man the manager trusts
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match17 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Ashanti Gold right now
8 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.95 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Manuel Mantey is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ashanti Gold this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Oct 2026
A 3‑1 win over Aduana Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edwin Gyimah is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Marked 8.81 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad19 Oct 2026
8 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
In brief
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The dugout
Somebody else is better right now than Godwin Dede
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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The dugout
When it matters, Isaac Twum plays
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Triumph
Match10 Oct 2026
A 2‑0 win over New Edubiase United, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match10 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Ashanti Gold right now
7 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A brace, and Samuel Tetteh takes the afternoon — 9.01
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Samuel Tetteh provided it, and the 9.01 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Evans Mensah beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Anderson Asiedu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match10 Oct 2026
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Ashanti Gold. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Edwin Gyimah
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
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Triumph
Match3 Oct 2026
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ashanti Gold have 5 straight wins of it.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Isaac Hemans beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets5 Oct 2026
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Anderson Asiedu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Edwin Gyimah falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Prince Ukachukwu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.66, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Godwin Dede, and the manager let it.
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Triumph
Match26 Sep 2026
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Anderson Asiedu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edwin Gyimah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 2‑0 win over Inter Allies, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Samuel Tetteh was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.05. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Manuel Mantey, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match19 Sep 2026
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ashanti Gold have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mustafa Yahaya and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Timothy Zechariah. 2‑1 against Medeama, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Samuel Tetteh at his very best
Marked 8.47. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Ashanti Gold.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 8.37 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lawal Shehu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Godwin Dede
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Mohammed Amoah on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
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Triumph
Squad14 Sep 2026
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Olufemi Kayode was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 9.40 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match12 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Timothy Zechariah. 3‑1 against Bechem United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Edwin Gyimah falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market14 Sep 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ashanti Gold, another week without a signature from Timothy Zechariah.
Squad14 Sep 2026
28 new faces, and Ashanti Gold are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
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Triumph
Squad7 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A brace, and Samuel Tetteh takes the afternoon — 9.14
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Samuel Tetteh provided it, and the 9.14 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.65 for the rest of it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Ashanti Gold close the window on a squad of their own making
42 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Isaac Hemans beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Olufemi Kayode and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Ashanti Gold
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match5 Sep 2026
A 3‑2 win over WAFA, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edwin Gyimah is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ashanti Gold, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Richard Boadu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Richard Mahama is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Steady
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The deal with Hasaacas is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ashanti Gold this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edwin Gyimah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market24 Aug 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Ashanti Gold signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Godwin Dede has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Godwin Dede keeps the shirt for now, at Ashanti Gold's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$4.3M on the table at Ajax Cape Town. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with Bendel Insurance, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Anderson Asiedu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Richard Mahama is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Isaac Twum
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Ashanti Gold will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market17 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Timothy Zechariah arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Timothy Zechariah has, at Ashanti Gold, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Ashanti Gold did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. WAFA have kept their man, and Ashanti Gold go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Anderson Asiedu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Bukari has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emmanuel Essien has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
Richard Boadu gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Richard Boadu has just signed for Ashanti Gold, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The offer went to Hasaacas this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Isaac Hemans and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Richard Mahama and Ashanti Gold agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Ashanti Gold training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edwin Gyimah is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market3 Aug 2026
Every supporter in the ground could have named the hole in this team, and most of them did, loudly, for months. Richard Boadu has been signed to close it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ashanti Gold have made the call to Aduana Stars. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.